Definition of spurious

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Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate..

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Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Irreptitious :: Irreptitious (a.) Surreptitious; spurious.
Adulterate :: Adulterate (a.) Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..
Foist :: Foist (v. t.) To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in..
Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so..
Bastardly :: Bastardly (a.) Bastardlike; baseborn; spurious; corrupt.
Interpolated :: Interpolated (a.) Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter..
Septulate :: Septulate (a.) Having imperfect or spurious septa.
Pseudo- :: Pseudo- () A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively..
Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..
Pseudograph :: Pseudograph (n.) A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
Adulterous :: Adulterous (a.) Characterized by adulteration; spurious.
Lussheburgh :: Lussheburgh (n.) A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Misedition :: Misedition (n.) An incorrect or spurious edition.
Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..
Bastardly :: Bastardly (adv.) In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..
Clementine :: Clementine (a.) Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law..
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